Harleysville man arrested for allegedly embezzling $80K from senior

The Towamencin Township Police Department has announced the arrest of Jeffrey Warren Stoler, 46, of the 300 block of Manor Road in Harleysville, for allegedly embezzling $80,000 from an elderly woman.

According to police, an arrest warrant was issued for Stoler on July 2 after an investigation started in February with relatives reporting the theft of funds from the woman. The relatives told police that sometime before May 2012 Stoler entered into a business relationship with the victim to manage her financial investments, police said.

Stoler was to open up a trust for the woman but instead transferred funds into his personal account, and after a total of $80,000 went missing during May and June of 2012 and relatives did not receive legitimate answers or documentation regarding the transfer, police were contacted and the investigation began, police said.

Stoler failed to turn himself in when contacted by police, and when information was received on July 3 that Stoler was at an address on the 800 block of Cherry Street in Lansdale, Lansdale Borough Police were notified and took Stoler into custody, police said. He was arraigned on July 4 before District Judge Kenneth Deatelhauser of Souderton and faces felony charges of theft by deception and theft by deception — creating a false impression, and remains in custody at Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of posting $100,000 cash bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 29 before District Judge Harold Borek of Lansdale.